By Amanda Fiegl, Smithsonian Magazine
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Mitsitam Native Foods Café 4th St. & Independence Ave. SW Washington, D.C. http://www.mitsitamcafe.com/ “Mitsitam” means “Let’s eat!” in the Native language of the Delaware and Piscataway peoples. The museum’s Mitsitam Native Foods Cafe enhances the museum experience by providing visitors the opportunity to enjoy the indigenous cuisines of the Americas and to explore the history of Native foods. The Cafe features Native foods found throughout the Western Hemisphere. Each of the five food stations—Contemporary Native; Mountains and Plains; Native Comfort; Oceans, Sea and Streams; and The Three Sisters—depict regional lifeways related to cooking techniques, ingredients, and flavors found in both traditional and contemporary dishes. Selections include authentic Native foods, such as traditional fry bread, as well as contemporary items with a Native American twist.
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Mapping America's Native Food TrailRené Locklear White (Lumbee) recipient of the University of N.C. at Pembroke (UNCP) Undergraduate Research and Creativity (PURC) fellowship and UNCP American Indian Fellowship Grant to map America's Native Food Trail. Categories
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